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Jenn Wortman Vaughan is a Senior Principal Research Manager at Microsoft Research, New York City, where she studies responsible AI with a focus on transparency, fairness, evaluation, and human-AI interaction. Originally trained in machine learning and algorithmic economics, she now often draws on methods from human-computer interaction to investigate how people engage with AI systems. Before joining MSR in 2012, Jenn completed her Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania and was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at UCLA and a Computing Innovation Fellow at Harvard. Her work has been recognized with the NSF CAREER Award, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), and Penn’s Rubinoff dissertation award. Beyond her research, Jenn has helped shape the field through her mentorship of junior researchers, her leadership in roles including Program Co-Chair of NeurIPS and FAccT, and as co-founder of the Workshop on Women in Machine Learning (WiML), held annually since 2006.
